linux-kernel - Re: + fix-spellings-of-slab-allocator-section-in-init-kconfig.patch added to -mm tree

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Message-Id: <20070508.190610.08324075.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 08 May 2007 19:06:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	clameter@....com
Cc:	mpm@...enic.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: +
 fix-spellings-of-slab-allocator-section-in-init-kconfig.patch added to -mm
 tree

From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 18:57:04 -0700 (PDT)

> On Tue, 8 May 2007, David Miller wrote:
> 
> > I'm just reading over the code to figure out what to type to you, you
> > could read the code too it's not very complicated :-)
> 
> I have read it numerous times and my conclusion is that it uses the 
> descriptors for that purpose. But Matt claims they are not necessary. So I 
> am just trying to figure out how one can get to that conclusion.

He is saying the metadata is not necessary for allocated objects.
At least that's my take.
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